Every year Beit Trust postgraduate Masters & PhD scholarship for students from Malawi, Zambia or Zimbabwe to study in choice universities in UK or South Africa.

Application Deadline: Applications may be made from 1 April, but all original and certified documents must be received by The Beit Trust by 31 August each year.

Offered annually? Yes

Eligible African Countries: Malawi, Zambia or Zimbabwe

To be taken at (country): United Kingdom (Cambridge University, University of Edinburgh, Imperial College, University of Strathclyde, University of Glasgow, University of Oxford University of Leeds), and South Africa

Accepted Subject Areas? All

About Scholarship: The Beit Trust offers annually a number of Postgraduate Masters or PhD Scholarships abroad for studies or research to graduates who are domiciled in Malawi, Zambia or Zimbabwe (the beneficial area). Scholarships are taken up at a university in the United Kingdom or South Africa, for study in a subject of the individual’s choice appropriate to the needs of the beneficial area.

Type: Masters and PhD degrees

Eligibility Criteria

All applicants except medical and veterinary doctors must be under 30 years of age on 31 December of the year of application.

Some experience of work after completion of a first degree is desirable.

Doctors and vets must be under 35 years of age on 31 December and should have completed 18 months of internship and preferably a one-year rural posting in the relevant country.

hold at least a degree of class 2.1, i.e. Merit or Distinction

Number of Scholarship: Not Specified

Benefits

Fees and costs of tuition and related academic expenses are paid by the Trust direct to the universities.

Important Notes: Only those applicants who state that they intend to return to work in the relevant country upon completion of the scholarship, and who can, if short-listed, present themselves for interview before a Beit Postgraduate Scholarship Selection Board in Harare, Blantyre or Lusaka at the beginning of December, will be considered.